Backend Engineer
Nikhil Shirdhankar
Backend engineer with 3+ years building production systems — real-time data pipelines,
and production-grade APIs since 2015. Based in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra.
Experience
Backend Intern
AAIT
- Built backend logic for Pharma Gen using FastAPI — core API design and data processing workflows.
- Developed and integrated REST endpoints for the HR project supporting human resource operations.
Software Engineer – Backend
Pleximus
- Maintain a Go-based web application enabling real-time communication with industrial data loggers and scanning devices in production environments.
- Design and develop high-performance REST APIs using FastAPI, Django, and Flask; manage Linux-based DigitalOcean servers and database provisioning.
- Optimized backend services and built scalable web scraping systems using Playwright, Scrapy, and BeautifulSoup for large-scale data extraction.
- Design and implement Power Apps solutions and automated workflows via Power Automate, reducing manual operational effort.
- Develop and deploy smart contracts on the Ethereum mainnet using Brownie.
.NET Developer
Perfect Computers
- Taught web development using C# and .NET to undergraduate and diploma students, improving technical proficiency.
- Mentored students through hands-on projects building functional web applications.
Tech Stack
Language
GoLanguage
PythonFramework
FastAPIFramework
DjangoFramework
FlaskDatabases
PostgreSQLDatabases
MySQLScraping
PlaywrightScraping
ScrapyScraping
BeautifulSoupInfra
DigitalOcean / LinuxWeb3
Ethereum / BrownieAutomation
Power AppsAutomation
Power AutomateDomain
Distributed SystemsDomain
Data PipelinesHighlights
Automated Large-Scale Data Pipelines
Designed and implemented a scalable web scraping infrastructure that automated large-volume data collection — replacing manual processes with a production-grade distributed system.
Real-Time Industrial Production System
Engineered and maintained a Go-based platform enabling live communication with industrial data loggers and scanning devices — running reliably in production environments at scale.
Awards & Certification
Innovation Trailblazer Award
Pleximus
Promising Pathfinders – Trailblazers of Tomorrow
Pleximus
Executive Post Graduate Certification in Data Science & Artificial Intelligence
iHUB DivyaSampark, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee · via Intellipaat
Contact
Backend roles, freelance projects, or interesting engineering problems.